
Knút Wang (September 10, 1917 – January 22, 1976) was a
Faroese journalist and politician for the
People's Party.
Wang was born in
Kaldbak. As a young man he went to sea, and he later moved to
Tórshavn to work in merchandising. In 1941 he became a journalist, and one year later, at the age of 25, he took over as editor of the conservative newspaper ''
Dagblaðið''. Wang served as the paper's editor from 1942 to 1946, and again from 1947 to 1975. During the second period, he was the paper's co-editor together with
Maurentius Viðstein and
Poul Petersen. Wang was also a member of the broadcasting council for
Faroese Radio () for a number of years starting in 1956, and he was the director of the
Tórshavn Theater Society from 1967 to 1974. In 1940 he published a collection of short stories called ''Smá skálkabros'' (A Sly Little Smile). Wang was elected to the
Faroese Parliament
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* the Faroese language
* the Faroese people
* the Faroese islands
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as a representative from the South
Streymoy () district from 1958 to 1974 as a member of the People's Party. Wang died in 1976.
Úr myndasavninum – Sverri Wang var sera góður spælari. 2013. ''Hvannrók''.
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References
Further reading
*Dahl, Árni. 2002. Knút Wang. In: ''Løgtingið 150. Hátíðarrit''. Vol. 2. Tórshavn, pp. 357–358.
*Dahl, Árni. 1980–1983. Bókmentasøga (færøysk). 3 vols. Tórshavn: Fannir.
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1917 births
1976 deaths
People from Tórshavn Municipality
Members of the Løgting
Faroese male actors
Faroese journalists
20th-century Danish journalists